SOUTH AFRICAN UNION.
CONSTITUTION AGREED TO. Received liny 12, ll."><> p.m. Capetown, May 12. The South African Convention was unanimous in agreeing tu the constitution, which was signed. Proportional representation was dropped, except in regard to, tile election for the Semite and the Executive Committees of Provincial Councils. The change menus a' heavy loss of seats in Vnrli '.- niwit to the Cape Progressives and the Orange Constitutionalists. The salaries of members of Parliament were raised to £40(1 a year. The Natal delegates secured the reservation for Royal assent ol Bills affecting the Provincial Councils.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 91, 13 May 1909, Page 2
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94SOUTH AFRICAN UNION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 91, 13 May 1909, Page 2
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